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Date published: 8:38 am, December 12th, 2023 - 38 comments
So Christopher Luxon thinks there is too much immigration. It was not what he was saying last year.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 12th, 2023 - 68 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 11th, 2023 - 14 comments
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Date published: 12:36 pm, December 11th, 2023 - 15 comments
The cutting of Regulatory Impact Statements is a very serious weakening of holding lawmakers and decision makers to account.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 11th, 2023 - 42 comments
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Date published: 2:47 pm, December 10th, 2023 - 58 comments
Chris Luxon failed miserably at his first character test as PM.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 10th, 2023 - 89 comments
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Date published: 10:39 am, December 9th, 2023 - 15 comments
Another day and another leak. And this time it calls into question the Government’s commitment to informed decision making.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 9th, 2023 - 95 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 8th, 2023 - 23 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 8th, 2023 - 99 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 7th, 2023 - 28 comments
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Date published: 12:39 pm, December 7th, 2023 - 33 comments
My initial impression was that the person who leaked the Fair Pay Cabinet Paper to the media was probably a disgruntled Public Servant but was it?
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 7th, 2023 - 59 comments
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Date published: 8:33 pm, December 6th, 2023 - 45 comments
The new Government blows the dog-whistle like the pied piper.
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Date published: 5:36 pm, December 6th, 2023 - 18 comments
Pope Francis has been pope for a bit over 10 years. He’s made a difference.
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 6th, 2023 - 12 comments
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Date published: 10:17 am, December 6th, 2023 - 177 comments
It may have been coincidental but the day after there were mass protests against the new Government’s actions in undermining te Tiriti o Waitangi it was announced that National would seek to remove bonus payments for Public Servants learning Te Reo. Not only is this petty and vindictive, it may also be a breach of te Tiriti.
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Date published: 8:13 am, December 6th, 2023 - 9 comments
The decision in 2021 to introduce the smoking ban was a courageous one. Smoking causes many deaths each year and places a strain on the country’s health system. Smoking is addictive and we should do all we can to discourage young people from taking up this habit. This being said, putting a total ban on tobacco sales of people born after 2009 is well-meaning, but would likely have unintended and profoundly negative consequences.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 6th, 2023 - 40 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 5th, 2023 - 4 comments
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Date published: 8:33 am, December 5th, 2023 - 75 comments
Recent claims by Nicola Willis that the Governments Finances are full of fiscal cliffs is evidence either that National will cynically make baseless claims to attack Labour or that Nicola Willis has no idea about what she is talking about and has not been doing her most basic job of reading and comprehending previous budget documents.
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Date published: 6:05 am, December 5th, 2023 - 10 comments
In a special live stream event [Weds 6th December], the Greenpeace crew will respond to the makeup of the new coalition government and what it will mean for the environment.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 5th, 2023 - 56 comments
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Date published: 9:49 pm, December 4th, 2023 - 15 comments
The Cabinet Paper dealing with the Government’s proposal to do away with fair pay agreements has hit the media. And the advice suggests that Cabinet is completely disinterested in the on the ground reality of what their shitty policy will do to ordinary Kiwis.
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 4th, 2023 - 29 comments
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Date published: 8:58 am, December 4th, 2023 - 48 comments
After 59 days after election day, parliament will finally sit today with a new government. The process has mostly been notable for its incoherent dithering, inexperience, and general stupidity. It is a coalition based on chaos,lack of usable policy and based on wrecking rather than work. It took so long because of wishful thinking and laziness.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 4th, 2023 - 52 comments
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Date published: 12:26 pm, December 3rd, 2023 - 48 comments
This morning on Q&A and despite being pulled up on it Chris Bishop repeated National’s claim that under the Smokefree reforms there would only be allowed one tobacco retail shop in Northland when there would actually be at least 34.
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Date published: 10:13 am, December 3rd, 2023 - 28 comments
The new National coalition cares little about defence. Defence is surprisingly a large and under-appreciated strength for Labour.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 3rd, 2023 - 26 comments
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